News: Granton Locals #3 (11 Apr 1913)

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Surnames: Hogenson, Downer, Roehl, Davis, Montgomery, Hollenbach, Budge, Degener, Wage, Ayers, Martin, Hiles, Toptine, Wentworth, Berg, Schafer, Riedel, Schlinsog, Reichert, Sinner, Kemmeter, Henze, Klein, Gerlach, Gerber, Baer, Teatz, Schoengarth, Barker, Reichert, Beeckler, Shaw, Knorr, Rausch, Klopf, Wentworth, Winn, Holmes, Hubing, Lowery, Sparks, Vincent, Neinas

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.)  04/11/1913

Anton Hogenson of Chili transacted business her on Wednesday.

Mrs. Frank Downer had dental work done at Neillsville on Wednesday.

Mrs. Carl Roehl visited her son Herman and family at Chili early this week.

Louis Davis, after a several week visit here among rleatives, leaves on the return trip to Babb, Mont., tomorrow, Saturday.

Mrs. Will Montgomery of Neillsville spent Wednesday here at H. Schoengarth’s.

Miss Hollenbach of eau Claire was a guest of her brother George and family here early this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Budge visited relatives at Merrillan Saturday and returned home to St. Paul the next day.

Miss Vivian Degener of Chili came over with Miss Gladys Wage Tuesday evening and enjoyed sugaring off at T.D. Wage’s that evening.

Mrs. L.L. Ayers spent the first of the week with business affairs at Neillsville.

Mrs. John Martin and children are here from Wausau at the John Hiles home since Monday.

Mrs. Newton Toptine went to Athens on a visit to old friends on Saturday.

The Hugh Berg home is undergoing much interior decorating this spring.  Schafer and Riedel are doing the work.

Mrs. Wm. Schlinsog and Mrs. Gus Reichert spent Tuesday afternoon at Marshfield.

Don Sinner of Sheboygan, after a ten day visit at Wm. Miller’s on the Ridge, left for Chicago on Monday.

Work on the new addition to the Kemmeter sore was commenced last week and is well underway.  Gust Riedel and his crew are doing the carpenter work.

Otto henze arrived her Tuesday from Plymouth with a car of goods and has taken possession of the D.N. Klein farm recently purchased of Clark and Lammers.

Mrs. J.W. Gerlach and little son came home Saturday after a couple months absence at Marshfield, wither she was called by the fatal illness of her mother last January.

Fred Gerber and son returned from their Nekoosa  and Grand Rapids trip late last week, bringing with them several milk cows to add to their stock farm.  In less than a week this herd had gained 100 pounds per day in milk.

Mrs. F.J. Baer was engaged with abstract work at Neillsville early this week.

Robert Teatz was engaged with legal business at the county seat one day late last week.

The barn on the Barker lot, purchased by Ferdinand and Alvin Reichert last week, has been torn down preparatory to the jewelry shop being moved thereon.

Mrs. Hattie Beeckler is visiting her son Clyde Shaw and his family at Cornelian Jct., Minn. since last week Thursday.

The Knorr-Rausch Automobile Co. has opened up an office in the Klopf building since Saturday.

Rush Wentworth and Floyd Winn suffered the loss of a valuable partnership dog, which was killed by a train on the bridge at the west side of town.

Miss Inez Holmes is home since last week Thursday from a seven week stay at the Madison Sanitarium, where she sought the return of health.  She appears to have been much benefited and we are glad to see her home again in such apparent good health.

Mrs. Will Hubing returned home Tuesday evening from a week’s visit with relatives at Port Washington.

We wish to call the attention of our readers from Chili and vicinity to Anton Hogenson’s large ad which appears in this issue.

Henry Lowery and little son, after a couple of days visit here at Chas. Lowery’s, went home to Black River Falls on Wednesday.

Jesse Sparks of Sherwood drive in Wednesday and met his daughter, Miss Hattie, who was returning from an extended stay in Berlin.

The "Girl from Rectors" was a might good show which held forth at the Neillsville Opera House Wednesday evening, and presented a thoroughly interesting problem drama of high society with no immodest displays whatever.

Prof. and Mrs. G.D. Vincent entertained the ladies of the Farmers Orchestra at supper Monday night.

Through an oversight on our part, several important items were omitted from the Kemmeter ad last week.  They have been added this week and we advise our readers to look the advertisement over carefully, as it contains some unusually good bargains.

The Granton brass band went down and gave a concert and dance at Merrillan last Saturday night.  A large delegation of town people, parents, wives and friends of the band accompanied them and althought the evening did not figure up as a financial success, all participating report a pleasant time.

Arthur Neinas suffered a badly bruise left foot Monday when his wagon slewed in crossing the railroad tracks near the stock yard, throwing him out and the rear wheel passing over the foot.  He was laid up for several days, but is getting around again now.  Will Lowery caught the team before more damage was done.